Asia Bahrain 394.000 visitors have been registered in state-run heritage sites in January-August 2026, with the Bahrain Fort accounting for 246.409, nearly two thirds of the total, and foreign visitors prevailed with the presence of 187.567 people
Africa Ghana More than 16.000 teachers sought education jobs in the UK in 2023; Professor Quartey, Director of the Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research, urges the government to create more job opportunities for teachers to reduce the drop-out rate
America Nicaragua Nicaragua’s government cancelled the juridical status of 16 non-governmental organizations, ten of which are Catholic or evangelical Christian, and seized their assets
America Uruguay The Uruguayan Meteorological Institute has reportedly announced that the country’s drought is over from a climatic viewpoint
Asia North Korea The arch of unification, built in 2001 to celebrate his father's dream of seeing the peninsula united again, could now be destroyed by Kim Jong-un, who does not consider peaceful reunification with the South a viable goal
America Peru Over 200 ancient pre-Hispanic artifacts ranging from ceramics to important works of Indigenous art have been successfully reclaimed by Peru from collectors and institutions around the world
Oceania New Zealand Approximately 3000 representatives of Maori communities gathered to discuss the policies of the new right-wing government of Prime Minister Luxon; this type of meeting, known in the Maori language as Hui, is convened quite rarely by the Maori King
America Panama The country’s severe drought has caused shippings in the Panama Canal to drop by approximately 36%
Africa Tunisia A further regression in terms of human rights and the rule of law was recorded during 2023, in the absence of real checks and balances against the power of President Kais Saied, as the NGO Human Rights Watch states in its World Report 2024
Asia Bahrain Blueprint Bahrain is the roadmap for the kingdom to meet its climate targets, to play its part in Mena by becoming a clean energy export hub, and to realise its sustainability agenda, said the Minister of Sustainable Development
Africa Equatorial Guinea Vice-President of the Republic held a working session with Public Works, Geproyectos, Treasury and Finance to analyse the project that has been conceived with the Chinese company Gesuba for the implementation of drinking water throughout Bioko island
Europe Vatican City Pope Francis sent a message to participants at the International Conference on 'The Declaration of Helsinki: Research in resource-poor settings' calling for global equality in healthcare
America Saint Kitts and Nevis The package of good governance laws passed in 2023 by the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis was highly rated by Adlai Smith, Director of Public Prosecutions, being the strongest in the Caribbean
Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina's well known referee, Irfan Peljto, is on the list of referees for the 2027 World Cup, to be played in North America